diff --git a/cbor_test.go b/cbor_test.go
index 193203e..7c8bdac 100644
--- a/cbor_test.go
+++ b/cbor_test.go
@@ -41,3 +41,69 @@ func Test_DefaultCBORDecoder(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, "Hello World", ss.ImportantString)
 }
+
+func Test_DefaultCBOREncoderWithEmptyString(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	var (
+		ss = &sampleStructure{
+			ImportantString: "",
+		}
+		importantString             = `a170696d706f7274616e745f737472696e6760`
+		cborEncoder     CBORMarshal = cbor.Marshal
+	)
+
+	raw, err := cborEncoder(ss)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.Equal(t, hex.EncodeToString(raw), importantString)
+}
+
+func Test_DefaultCBORDecoderWithEmptyString(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	var (
+		ss                   sampleStructure
+		importantString, err               = hex.DecodeString("a170696d706f7274616e745f737472696e6760")
+		cborDecoder          CBORUnmarshal = cbor.Unmarshal
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error("Failed to decode hex string")
+	}
+
+	err = cborDecoder(importantString, &ss)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "", ss.ImportantString)
+}
+
+func Test_DefaultCBOREncoderWithUnitializedStruct(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	var (
+		ss              sampleStructure
+		importantString             = `a170696d706f7274616e745f737472696e6760`
+		cborEncoder     CBORMarshal = cbor.Marshal
+	)
+
+	raw, err := cborEncoder(ss)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.Equal(t, hex.EncodeToString(raw), importantString)
+}
+
+func Test_DefaultCBORDecoderWithUnitializedStruct(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	var (
+		ss                   sampleStructure
+		importantString, err               = hex.DecodeString("a170696d706f7274616e745f737472696e6760")
+		cborDecoder          CBORUnmarshal = cbor.Unmarshal
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error("Failed to decode hex string")
+	}
+
+	err = cborDecoder(importantString, &ss)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, ss, ss)
+}